Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 11

           ThisprincewassograciousastoorderaguardtoconductmetoGlanguenstald,whichisaroyalporttothesouth-westpartoftheisland.InsixdaysIfoundavesselreadytocarrymetoJapan,andspentfifteendaysinthevoyage.Welandedatasmallport-towncalledXamoschi,situatedonthesouth-eastpartofJapan;thetownliesonthewesternpoint,wherethereisanarrowstraitleadingnorthwardintoalongarmofthesea,uponthenorth-westpartofwhich,Yedo,themetropolis,stands.Atlanding,Ishowedthecustom-houseofficersmyletterfromthekingofLuggnaggtohisimperialmajesty.Theyknewthesealperfectlywell;itwasasbroadasthepalmofmyhand.Theimpressionwas,AKINGLIFTINGUPALAMEBEGGARFROMTHEEARTH.Themagistratesofthetown,hearingofmyletter,receivedmeasapublicminister.Theyprovidedmewithcarriagesandservants,andboremychargestoYedo;whereIwasadmittedtoanaudience,anddeliveredmyletter,whichwasopenedwithgreatceremony,andexplainedtotheEmperorbyaninterpreter,whothengavemenotice,byhismajesty’sorder,"thatIshouldsignifymyrequest,and,whateveritwere,itshouldbegranted,forthesakeofhisroyalbrotherofLuggnagg."ThisinterpreterwasapersonemployedtotransactaffairswiththeHollanders.Hesoonconjectured,bymycountenance,thatIwasaEuropean,andthereforerepeatedhismajesty’scommandsinLowDutch,whichhespokeperfectlywell.

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